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Rambam Doctors Replace Heart Valve in 97-year-old Man
June 24, 2021 – Doctors in the Unit for Interventional Cardiology at Rambam Health Care Campus recently broke a record they set several months ago by replacing a heart valve for a 97-year-old Haifa resident. The previous record was a similar operation performed successfully on a 95-year-old patient. Moshe Almani, an active, articulate man, felt
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Rambam Signs Cooperation Agreement with Shizim Biomed Group Headed by Former Mossad Head
June 17, 2021 – An agreement signed between Rambam Health Care Campus and the Shizim Biomed Group will enhance Rambam’s ability to create and market innovative medtech solutions. Rambam Health Care Campus General Director Dr. Michael Halberthal and Tamir Pardo, Chairman of the Shizim Biomed Group and former head of the Mossad, signed a cooperative
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Family Donates Blood Platelets Together at Rambam
June 17, 2021 – In honor of World Blood Donor Day, an Israeli medical device import company and the owners’ family donated platelets at Rambam Health Care Campus in memory of the company’s founder. Employees of the Israeli medical device import company Bepex celebrated World Blood Donor Day by donating blood platelets in the Blood
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New at Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital – Colorful Chemotherapy Infusion Stands
June 7, 2021 – Colorful new infusion stands for chemotherapy are adding an element of fun to the Joan & Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus. Those who visited the Joan & Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow
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New Clinic Enhancing Options for Natural Birth Opens
June 3, 2021 – A recently opened clinic at Rambam helps alleviate the need for Cesarean sections in pregnancies where the baby is in either breech or bottom first position. In approximately 3% of all pregnancies, the unborn baby is in either a bottom first or breech position. Frequently, such pregnancies end in a Cesarean
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Rambam Introduces Device to Reduce Unnecessary Surgery and Pain in Children
May 30, 2021 – The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus has recently started using ultrasound as an effective tool in the diagnosis of jaw infections in children. The new approach is helping to reduce surgeries and unnecessary pain and suffering among Rambam’s youngest patients. Over the past several weeks,
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Rambam’s Teams Send Messages of Peace and Coexistence
May 18, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus, the largest hospital in the north, is a symbol of and a model for coexistence. This can be seen among its employees—who represent all denominations and beliefs—and among its patients, who come from all over the country and other parts of the Middle East. This coexistence has
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Rambam Must Be Ready At a Moment’s Notice
May 13, 2021 The calm was shattered in an instant. Missiles have reached Hertzliya, with Hamas saying Haifa is next… Disturbances, uncertainty, and injured countrywide. Rambam Health Care Campus is now on High Alert. Being prepared is not an option when lives are at stake. In the last 24 hours our emergency department has received 21
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New Center for Treatment of Emotional Trauma at Rambam
May 13, 2021 – The new Center for Treatment of Emotional and Psychological Trauma replaces the hospital’s previous unit, formerly located in the Stone Building. Due to a rise in the number of patients requiring treatment for psychological trauma, Rambam Health Care Campus recently inaugurated a new Center for the Treatment of Emotional and Psychological
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Rambam Participates in Project: “Smiling for the Community”
May 2, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus is participating in the “Smiling for the Community” project to provide dental care to people—primarily women—trapped in a life of prostitution. Rambam is partnering with the Haifa Health Bureau and the Lewinsky Clinic in a program to provide free dental care for sex workers. The program seeks
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Rambam Treats Seven Victims from the Mount Meron Tragedy
April 30, 2021 – Disaster struck at this year’s Lag B’Omer celebrations on Northern Israel’s Mount Meron, where more than 100,000 people gathered last night to mark the holiday. More than 40 people were killed and more than 150 people were injured. Hundreds of Rambam Health Care Campus employees from the Trauma and Emergency Center,
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The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Dozens of Rare Disorders Diagnosed Using Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology
April 29, 2021 – Rambam’s Genetic Institute has been using advanced DNA sequencing for the past three years to identify rare genetic disorders, offering hope to many families. Ten-year-old Danny (not his real name) was born prematurely, and he has been fighting an intense battle to survive from the moment he was born. “When Danny was
